"Cornyn fired back, saying he was unhappy that Democrats were “unwilling or unable to conduct themselves in this hearing with regular order and accordance with the rules of the committee. ... I would encourage our colleagues to avoid the temptation to either violate the Senate rules, or to treat the witness unfairly by cross-examining him about a document and refusing to show it to him,” Cornyn said."

dailywire

On TV Cornyn comes off as a Genuine Grade-A Prick , a typical Texas cowboy ass hat. Booker has him by the balls...

Booker can defend himself quite well himself.

We must have been watching two different hearings

We must have been watching two different hearings

In the version you saw did you notice that Grassley immediately followed Booker's move with a big dump of emails also marked "committee confidential" that he was sitting on?  So, it would seem that the phony "regular order" BS disintegrated rather quickly:

thehill

If you had watched yesterday, Grassley promised to get the document dems were demanding. They got em!

Booker should be censured.

I'd like to see something along those lines. The problem is he really didn't break Senate rules. Unlike democrats, we really can't prosecute the innocent.

On TV Cornyn comes off as a Genuine Grade-A Prick

Nothing like chastising someone that tells a Dem. he fucked up legally. Booker is nothing more than a "Backup" in a failed play !

Booker is a gradnstanding jerk of the first order.  But, het, has to distinguish himself to run for presdient.  Not sure I'd choose this way, but the drooling masses will like him, I'm sure.

Yeah, because [ deleted ] are sticklers about "regular order." 

theweek

I must thank you again, as always , [deleted ], giving yet another opportunity to highlight [ deleted ] hypocrisy which has no equal.  

What about Booker, or should I call him Spartacus?   He can't be defended, i guess

He can't be defended

Booker can defend himself quite well himself. It what he said bothers you others must ask why. So, why?

It what he said bothers you others must ask why.

Spending two days demanding documents after he already said on the day Kavanaugh was nominated that he was a NO VOTE is a little disingenuous, don't you think?
On day one he and his fellow democrats wasted an hour and a half trying to end the hearing.

Now that Iv'e answered, I have a question for you

 Your question seems to be implying something. You say "others must ask why."   That's an implication. Would you like to explain why others must ask why?

Spending two days demanding documents after he already said on the day Kavanaugh was nominated that he was a NO VOTE is a little disingenuous, don't you think?

I suppose you wanted him to just let Kavanaugh tippy-toe through the hearings without having to answer any tough questions (which, btw, he's having a bit of trouble doing; Leahy had him stumbling all over himself trying to avoid admitting that he received stolen emails from Leahy's office during a SC nomination back in the Bush years; he aint exactly such an altar boy, after all).

I suppose you wanted him to just let Kavanaugh tippy-toe through the hearings without having to answer any tough questions

Tough questions are welcome. Obstruction is not

Leahy had him stumbling all over himself trying to avoid admitting that he received stolen emails from Leahy's office during a SC nomination back in the Bush years;

You mean the e-mail that Kavanaugh wrote "Who signed this?" on. The one that Kavanaugh was supposed to know was stolen or as Leahy says "STOLEN STOLEN STOLEN.  The audacity of such radical slime trying to say Kavanaugh lied!

Again I must ask you, returning to the topic, what about Spartacus?

I guess there aren't many who could answer all questions (direct, pointed or unfair) the way Kavanaugh did. Imagine 3 days of that.

Booker can defend himself quite well himself.

He looked that Big Pussy, Cornyn in the eye and basically told him to go f**k himself--actual words were "bring it" when TBPC tried to threaten him.  

When Senator John Cornyn of Texas reminded Booker that such an act was a violation of Senate rules, punishable by expulsion from the US Senate, Booker at first denied there was such a rule. After Cornyn read the rule to Booker, Booker then said "ok bring it on."

However, despite all the dramatics, Booker was never in danger. The documents had already been declassified and made available to the public. It may be a shock to nobody that Booker is running for President in 2020.

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Booker is a pathetic drama queen who thinks he'll be the next Obama.

LIAR: Cory Booker Exposed as Complete Fraud Over Kavanaugh Documents

But it turns out the documents Booker "heroically" released, even saying this was his "Spartacus moment," had already been cleared for publication at 4 a.m. this morning. 

Therefore, he didn't actually break any rules. He was simply grandstanding.

Others were cleared last night.

townhall

He has a history of such behavior:

thedailybeast

From what I've read about his Newark mayor days, he was Superman - rescued people from burning buildings and shoveled his constituents' snow-covered driveways, and gave speeches all over the country. Now, he thinks he's Spartacus!  

Yup, so goes the legend. As for Newark, for those who have never had to make a stop there at a "Dunkin Donuts", you park your car and walk by the Newspaper machines which have their coin compartments hammered open and ripped out. You walk into order a coffee and the first thing you notice is that everything is behind the counter. If you need a napkin or straw, you have to ask for it. After getting your coffee, you don't really feel comfortable sitting at one of the "tables". You get right back in you car and leave Newark ASAP. Thus was my experience. 

It's not just Booker. His predecessors were not much better at being Mayor of a city which cries out for security.

Booker is a pathetic drama queen who thinks he'll be the next Obama.

He shut Big Pussy Cornyn's chickenshit mouth, though.

He shut Big Pussy Cornyn's chickenshit mouth, though.

Incorrect.  All committee members, including Cornyn and Booker, were informed that the documents had been released for publication many hours prior to Booker's theatrics Thursday morning. Cornyn and his colleagues sat back and watched Booker embarrass himself while trying to emotionally convince the American public that he was "Spartacus".

So all you have are crude insults? That must be how you console yourself knowing Kavanaugh is the inevitable winner in this confirmation.

"Spartacus" will never live this down.

It's a career defining moment. 

"Booker was no stranger to heroics. At Stanford, so the story goes, he talked a suicidal student down from a roof. While on the Newark City Council, beginning in 1998, he started engaging in the sort of stunts that would ultimately lead to his self-mythologization: living in a motorhome on a drug-ravaged street corner, and embarking on a 10-day hunger strike to bring attention to the projects."

thedailybeast

If this primadonna is one the Dems pick to run against Trump in 2020 then the election is already over. This guy is a clown.

Democrats knew full well that the documents that Booker and Hirono released this morning were no longer confidential, according to D+R lawmakers and aides.

I asked   @CoryBooker   if his remarks in committee were a stunt. He told me I violating the constitution by being in his way.

— Byron Tau (@ByronTau)   September 6, 2018

Let's just deal with the SPECIFICS.

Whether or not you care to acknowledge any/all of the following, refute/rebut specifically if you can, but avoid summary dismissals and personal insults.

THE SPECIFICS

The New Jersey Democrat  referred to the documents  Thursday when he asked Kavanaugh about an email that described preferences for minorities who faced discrimination as a "naked racial set-aside."  The document had been declared confidential by a veteran Republican lawyer who has represented Trump administration officials.

"The emails being withheld from the public have nothing to do with national security," Booker said. 

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, a member of the Senate GOP leadership that  disregarded legislative norms and refused to consider President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court, called Booker's threat "irresponsible and outrageous."

"No senator deserves to sit on this committee or serve in the Senate in my view if they decide to be a law unto themselves," Cornyn said.

Traditionally, the National Archives would review Kavanaugh's papers from his time in the federal courts and his tenure in President George W. Bush's White House, a process that will take until the end of next month.

Instead, Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans, over Democratic objections, had Bush lawyer Bill Burck, a veteran Republican attorney who also has represented Trump administration officials go through the papers and decide which ones the panel can see, and which of those can be made public.

Papers released to the members of the committee but not allowed to be made public are considered "committee confidential."

nj

You left out the all important fact that Senator Mike Lee and his staff worked late Wednesday night to get those very documents unclassified for Mr Booker. By Thursday morning Booker and the entire committee had those documents. Those very documents contained nothing negative for Judge Kavanaugh. Apparently, the only use Booker had for them was to use them for his Presidential campaign sideshow, which backfired when all of these facts were known.

The worst he has to worry about is expulsion from the senate by their own vote , censure is also on the table if that is what the senate decides they could also just do a simple in house reprimand and removal from all committes he belongs to , basically be sent to the basement with a chastisement , the senate gets to make their own rules at the beginning of every year , and members are versed in them , if they choose to go renegade , that's up to them .

frankly I see nothing more than a chastisement and removal from comittees, it has been a while since the senate censured or expelled one of their own even if they had the votes to do so even with the now enacted "nuclear option". ( thank you Mr Reid)

frankly I see nothing more than a chastisement and removal from comittees,

You should have stopped at "nothing" because that's what's going to happen to Booker.  For one thing, right after he released those dozen or so bogusly classified ("committee confidential") emails, Grassley dumped a thousand of them. 

Shortly after Booker released the documents, Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley 's (R-Iowa) staff released a bulk of new emails, previously marked "committee confidential," that had been cleared for public release. Booker's emails were included in the document tranche.  thehill

I love it that in doing so he cut the legs out from under Big Pussy Cornyn's empty threat to Booker. And I enjoyed Booker smiling at that big pussy and telling him to "bring it."  By the way, being censured by this pack of scumbags republican senators would be a feather in Booker's cap if he does plan to run in 2020.  

you are more than likely right and nothing is going to happen we shall see , a chastisement can be as simple as being told follow the rules we agreed to abide by , in any event , I simply pointed out what COULD happen not what will, and I simply stated what I thought in my opinion MIGHT happen , I remember congress critters operate on their own set of rules they make for themselves , not the rules they think we common folks are to follow that they make up for us.

 Now my opinion on Booker as a 2020 candidate? not someone I would choose to vote for . But you could guess that.

But you could guess that.

 The would come under the file heading of (if you'll pardon the barnyardism)  "No Shit, Sherlock."  

At this point Democrats might as well stop pointing the finger at Trump's narcissistic behavior. Between Corey Booker and Kamala Harris, they more than enough narcissism to go around. They both spend so much time trying to be the big gotcha hero in these hearings, and they seemingly have no clue what asshats they both are.